Theophrastus of Eresus: On Sweat, on Dizziness and on Fatigue (Philosophia Antiqua)

338 Pages·2003·14.68 MB·English

by  William W. Fortenbaugh

THEOPHRASTUS OF ERESUS
ON SWEAT, ON DIZZINESS AND ON FATIGUE
PHILOSOPHIA ANTIQUA
A SERIES OF STUDIES
ON ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
FOUNDED BY J. H. WASZINKf AND W.J. VERDENIUSf
EDITED BY
J. MANSFELD, D.T. RUNIA
J.C.M. VAN WINDEN
VOLUME XCIII
WILLIAM W. FORTENBAUGH ET AL. (EDS.)
THEOPHRASTUS OF ERESUS
ON SWEAT, ON DIZZINESS AND ON FATIGUE
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THEOPHRASTUS OF ERESUS
ON SWEAT, ON DIZZINESS AND ON FATIGUE
EDITED BY
WILLIAM W. FORTENBAUGH,
ROBERT W. SHARPLES
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MICHAEL G. SOLLENBERGER
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BRILL
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2003
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Fortenbaugh, William W.:
Theophrastus of Eresus: On Sweat, On Dizziness and On Fatigue / ed. by
William W. Fortenbaugh, Robert W. Sharpies and Michael G. Sollenberger
- Leiden ; Boston, 2003
(Philosophie antiqua ; Vol. 93)
ISBN 90 04 12890 5
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CONTENTS
Publisher's Note vii
I. Theophrastus, On Sweat 1
William W. Fortenbaugh
Preface 2
Introduction 5
The Treatise in Outline 17
Text and Translation 22
Additional Notes 50
Bibliography 143
Indices 165
II. Theophrastus, On Dizziness 169
R. W. Sharpies
Preface 171
Introduction 172
Text and Translation 184
Commentary 198
Bibliography 233
Indices 238
III. Theophrastus, On Fatigue 251
Michael G. Sollenberger
Preface 253
Introduction 254
Text and Translation 263
Notes on Individual Lines 259
Bibliography 307
Indices 309

PUBLISHER'S NOTE
In 1979 Project Theophrastus was founded to collect, edit and
translate the fragments of Theophrastus, Aristotle's pupil and succes-
sor as head of the Peripatos. The task was carried on by an inter-
national team of scholars based at various universities on both sides of
the Atlantic. In 1992 the work was completed, and Brill published the
product in two volumes. A reprint with corrections appeared in the
following year. The texts contained in the two volumes are testimonia
and verbatim quotations that are found in ancient and medieval
sources. Theophrastean works that survive on their own in medieval
manuscripts were not included. The omission was entirely sensible,
for at the time there existed no collection of Theophrastean fragments
that was either complete or edited in accordance with modern philo-
logical standards. Moreover, some of the works that do survive on
their own were already available in reliable editions. Research on
Plants, Plant Explanations and the well known Characters are clear
cases. The so-called opuscu/a, Theophrastus' short scientific treatises,
are, however, another matter. Some had been edited in recent years,
but others remained largely neglected. It was, therefore, decided to
continue the work of Project Theophrastus by producing scholarly
editions with translations of the opuscu/a.
The three opuscula contained in this volume are first fruits. They
are the physiological treatises of Theophrastus, concerned with the
human phenomena of sweat, dizziness and fatigue. The Greek texts
are based on new readings of the principal manuscripts. The texts are
accompanied by an apparatus and a facing English translation. Other
opuscula will be published in due course. On Weather Signs is close
to completion and will appear in a volume by itself.

Theophrastus, On Sweat
William W. Fortenbaugh
CONTENTS
PREFACE 2
INTRODUCTION
The Manuscript Tradition 5
The Excerpts of Photius 9
The Pseudo-Aristotelian Problems 12
References in the Apparatus to Editions and Commentaries 15
THE TREATISE IN OUTLINE 17
TEXT AND TRANSLATION 22
ADDITIONAL NOTES
A Preliminary Note on Modern Accounts of Sweat 50
Notes on Individual Lines 53
BIBLIOGRAPHY 143
INDICES
Important Words Occurring in On Sweat 145
Proper Names Occurring in On Sweat 159
Ancient Texts (Other than On Sweat) Cited in the
Introduction and in the Notes on Individual Lines 160
Subject Index to the Introduction, the Translation and the
Additional Notes 165